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business, or profession mentioned in such license, was authorized, it may and shall be lawful for the collector to authorize, by indorsement on such license, or otherwise, as the commissioner of internal revenue shall direct, the person or persons so removing, as aforesaid, to any other place, to carry on the trade, business, or profession specified in such license, at the place to which such person may have removed, or the executors or administrators, or the wife or child of such deceased person, or the assignee or assigns of such person or persons so removing as aforesaid, who shall be possessed of and occupy the house or premises before used for such purpose as aforesaid, in like manner to exercise or carry on the same trade, business, or profession mentioned in such license, in or upon the same house or premises at which said person or persons, as aforesaid, deceased or removing as before mentioned, by virtue of such license before exercised or carried on such trade, business, or profession, for or during the residue of the term for which such license was originally granted, without taking out any fresh license for the residue of such term, until the expiration thereof: Provided, always, That a fresh entry of the premises at which such trade, business, or profession shall continue to be exercised or carried on, as aforesaid, shall thereupon be made by, and in the name or names of, the person or persons to whom such authority, as aforesaid, shall be granted.

. And be it further enacted, That in every case where more than one of the pursuits, employments, or occupations, hereinafter described, shall be pursued or carried on in the same place by the same person at the same time, except as therein mentioned, license must be taken out for each according to the rates severally prescribed: Provided, That in cities and towns having a less population than six thousand persons according to the last preceding census, one license, if so applied for, may embrace the business of land warrant brokers, claim agents, and real estate agents, upon payment of the highest fee for licenses applicable to either one of said pursuits.

. And be it further enacted, That no auctioneer shall be authorized, by virtue of his license as such auctioneer, to employ any other person to act as auctioneer in his behalf, except in his own store or warehouse, or in his presence, or by virtue of said license to sell any goods or other property at private sale; and any auctioneer who shall sell any goods or commodities, otherwise than by auction, without having taking out a license for that purpose, shall be subject and liable to the penalty imposed upon persons dealing in, or retailing, trading, or selling any such goods or commodities without license, notwithstanding any license granted, as aforesaid, for the purpose of exercising or carrying on the trade or business of an auctioneer; and where such goods or commodities are the property of any person or persons duly licensed to deal in, or retail, or trade in, or sell the same, such person or persons having made lawful entry of his, her, or their house or premises for such purpose, it shall and may be lawful for any person exercising or carrying on the trade or business of an auctioneer being duly licensed for that purpose, to sell such goods or commodities for and on behalf of such person or persons in said house or premises, without taking out a separate license for such sale. The provisions of this section shall not apply to judicial or executive officers making auction sales by virtue of any judgment or decree of any court, nor public sales made executors and administrators.

. And be it further enacted, That no license hereinbefore provided for shall, if granted, be held, or construed to exempt any person carrying on the trade, business, or profession specified in said license from any penalty or punishment provided by the laws of any state for carrying on such trade, business, or profession, within such state, or in any manner to authorize the commencement or continuance of such trade, business, or profession, contrary to the laws of such state, or in places